!!!Collin, Matthäus von b. Vienna, March 3, 1779, d. Vienna, Nov. 23, 1824, dramatist and poet, brother of Heinrich Joseph von Collin, professor of aesthetics and history of philosophy in Krakow and Vienna, tutor to the Duke of Reichstadt (1816), 1816-1818 editor of the "Wiener Allgemeine Literaturzeitung" newspaper and the "Jahrbuecher der Litteratur" (1818-1821); his essays on literature ("Ueber das histor. Schauspiel", 1812) are considered the beginning of German studies in Austria. !Works Dramat. Dichtungen, 4 vols., 1813-1817 (mainly topics related to Austrian History, Babenberg Series); posthumous poems ed. by J. v. Hammer, 2 vols., 1827. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Collin,_Matthäus_von|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]